[UK-CONTEST] Feb 144 UKAC

[Paul pasquet]

Im not entirely sure that UKAC is in decline.

 

In fact I would say its been the best supported VHF contest for some time,and the entries keep on rising.

 

With regards to scoring,it would be nice if it was 1 point per kilometre without multipliers....it would be even

 better if it was 10 points per kilometre if you were in IO80 at the time  :-)

 

 

Paul G4RRA

 




 
> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 17:51:44 +0000
> From: g3yyd at btinternet.com
> To: UK-Contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Feb 144 UKAC
> 
> Humm
> 
> So if I spend £1M moving to a top class VHF QTH then that is OK. But if 
> I spend £1000 on building a higher ERP station then that is not OK and 
> should be penalised. A better QTH is worth a lot more points than going 
> from a single Yagi to a 4 Yagi stack at a poor QTH.
> 
> Extending Bob's argument we should have different categories for height 
> above sea level as well as power and ERP levels.
> 
> Extending it further why not have so many categories that everyone is a 
> winner.... Not so difficult with so few entries.
> 
> If CC on 80m is so popular and entries are growing year by year, it 
> shows there are plenty of contesters wanting to take part in CC contests 
> irrespective of their placing in the results. Yet those same contesters 
> have deserted UKAC which is in decline. Conclusion is that contesters 
> find 80m CC a much more attractive contest to take part in than UKAC. No 
> point in tinkering with the scoring system when the basic problem is it 
> is not attractive to the majority of contesters. So surely the questions 
> to ask is how can UKAC be made attractive to CC contesters? Fiddling 
> with the scoring system will not achieve that. It needs a complete 
> rethink with lateral thinking not just more of the same ideas. I do not 
> see any real lateral thinking on how to make UKAC more attractive on 
> this reflector.
> 
> Incidentally on a personal not I do not operate UKAC but I do operate 
> CC. Quite frankly I find UKAC boring with little in the way of 
> intellectual challenge unlike CC.
> 
> David G3YYD
> 
> On 06/02/2010 17:02, Rob Harrison wrote:
> > You'll accumulate more pts if you run 400w, than if you run, 100 or 10, so
> > the "best" man won't win. However if you use erp, and/or have more seperate
> > sections, you may be best of that bunch.
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Bob G8HGN
> >
> > Off to see the rugby now
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ray James"<gm4cxm at yahoo.co.uk>
> > To:<UK-Contest at contesting.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 4:55 PM
> > Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Feb 144 UKAC
> >
> >
> > 
> >>
> >> If we make the contacts the squares will come along at the same time so
> >> they don't need to be a multiplier to be important.
> >> The emphasis would purely be on working as many stations as possible and
> >> top down scores based on how many Km you could accumulate in 2.5 hours.
> >> No skewing effect from external sources, may the best man really win.
> >> Seemples :-)
> >>
> >> 73 Ray GM4CXM
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --- On Sat, 6/2/10, G3RIR<g3rir at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> 
> >>> Ray,
> >>>
> >>> My point is that I like the challenge of searching for the
> >>> additional squares and surely that aspect of operating is worth
> >>> something? Maybe it should not be worth enough to skew the result in
> >>> favour of someone working 28000km over 35000km total but the challenge of
> >>> the search for the multipliers has to be worth a little? Perhaps
> >>> excluding all adjacent squares as multipliers might be an option? And of
> >>> course working GM on any VHF and Up band is a real challenge from my
> >>> modest site and always gives me a buzz.
> >>>
> >>> 73
> >>>
> >>> Neil, G3RIR
> >>> 
> >> 
> >>> M2 skews the results away from excellent performance to
> >>> favour those who can pick up the most squares.
> >>> A strange logic that competitors believe someone who worked
> >>> 28,000Km has outperformed someone who worked 35,000km.
> >>>
> >>> 73 Ray GM4CXM
> >>> 
> >>
> >>
> >>
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